Digging Deeper: Bees, Bees, Bees!

Prospect Gardens Westport

Sat, Sep 14, 2024
10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Did you know some bees live less than forty days, visit at least one thousand flowers, and produce less than a teaspoon of honey, but for them it is the work of a lifetime? Gabriele Kallenborn has been beekeeping for over twenty years and has started more than thirty hive communities in the Fairfield County area. During this session she will talk through a year of a bee’s lifetime, including raising young bees, their reproduction cycle, and how she winters them over. She will also show how the interior of a hive is set up and explain feeding. Gabriele tends to six to seven hives at Prospect Gardens which produce an annual honey harvest of about seventy-five pounds. Meet Gabriele at the beehives in the Wildflower Meadow for this session.

Location:
Prospect Gardens Westport
Westport, CT

Date and Time:
Saturday, September 14 , 2024
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.